I've been running 4-6 MBSR courses a year for 5 years now. In that time "Mindfulness" has become so popular. There are 4-week courses at one hour a week, apps galore and many psychologists bring mindfulness strategies into their work. This popularising of mindfulness as a "quick tool of self-improvement" has made it somewhat harder to fill in MBSR courses.

"Why do a demanding 8-week course that will ask you to practice every day for a significant period when you can enjoy 4-weeks at 1-hour?"

But the strong evidence base is with MBSR, an 8- week program with lots of practice, psycho-education and experiments for linking meditation with life - and MBSR is just the beginning of a journey.

MBSR offers something substantial. It is demanding. It demands that you do a "Mindfulness Experiment", where you get to know your body and your mind, in a particular way over 8-weeks. It allows you the time to properly try it out.

Why not watch the Catalyst program and then try out a course. Book into the HeadRest course that starts next week Wed, Feb 27 or book by Feb 27 for the Catalyst special for the May course.www.headrest.com.au.

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Tienne Simons is a therapist and the founder of HeadRest Mindfulness training. She did her training in MBSR when she became convinced that the program was not only a useful add on to therapy for many but sometimes a more appropriate way to support people than counselling. She has had a mindfulness practice for about 30 years- well nearly!